* hide was drinking with his bandmates on the day he died, but got into a fight with one of the members and was in a bad mood (according to his younger brother).

* hide once said "I should just die" when he was drunk. He also once said that he wanted to get run over by a taxi.

* He increased his alcohol intake once X Japan decided to disband (testimony of an insider). He got drunk right before their final concert, jumped off from somewhere and was hospitalized due to fracture.